Disqus - Latest Comments for Paul Barry

Re: Rock’em Sock’em Ockham

Paul Barry — Fri, 16 May 2008 11:46:33 -0000

I loved that talk too

Re: It is the little things that make me happy

Paul Barry — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 08:54:11 -0000

Looks like pretty cool software. My blog is custom code that I developed. Does MarsEdit post documentation on how it interacts with the server side? Or does it just rely on APIs that each big time blog software package (WordPress, Blogger, MovableType, etc.) create? Assuming it's a documented API, I could implement it myself, but maybe I should just give up and use Mephisto :)

Re: #1 Rails with Subversion

Paul Barry — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:51:00 -0000

When trying to view on a mac with QT, I get:

The movie file "smarticastintro.mov" cannot be found. Without this file, the movie cannot play properly.

Re: Halfway There Becomes Three-Quarters

Paul Barry — Sat, 12 Nov 2005 13:19:05 -0000

Sorry, I don't share your excitement about this. Seems to me like ticket sales are low for Trey and this is his way of boosting sales. To me it is more than sleeping with his ex. It is taking advantage of your willing ex for personal gain.

Re: Bonnaroo Headliners Rumor Confirmed (Kinda)

Paul Barry — Sat, 21 Jan 2006 17:31:42 -0000

I understand all this hostility towards Radiohead, Beck and Tom Petty. They may be great bands and they may be good live (wouldn't know, never seen them), but they aren't jam bands. Bonnaroo started as a jam band festival and many people would like it to stay that way. AFAIK, they (Beck/Petty/Radiohead) don't allow their music to be recorded and transferred at sites like bt.etree.org and archive.org/audio. They are popular because their music is played on the radio and they make their money selling CDs. That doesn't mean they don't play a good show live, they just aren't jam bands. Jam bands attract a scene that people like. Pop/Rock bands have a different scene. Next thing you know we will have Limp Biscuit, Metalica and Rage Against the Machine headlining and you will have woodstock '99 all over again. In some ways it seems like Bonnaroo built a name by having jam bands and now has turned their back on the jam band scene, giving the headline slots to Pop/Rock bands. The up and coming jam bands deserve a shot to headline. So anyway, what 3 bands *should* headline?

Friday - Umphrey's McGee
Saturday - moe.
Sunday - Trey

But there's not way in hell that's happening, which is why I'm not going.

Re: EMI/iTunes DRM Drop | Some Additional Thoughts

Paul Barry — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:15:02 -0000

I know I'm probably in the minority on this, but I would rather have 128kbps than 256kbps. The difference in sound quality is imperceptible to my ears and I would rather be able to store twice as much music on my ipod, which is something that doesn't get mentioned as a downside by audiophiles proclaiming their excitement for higher bit rates. If you were to switch your entire music collection from 128 to 256, your 30GB iPod just became a 15GB iPod.

Re: Grammys ‘08 Open Thread

Paul Barry — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:41:45 -0000

I thought the Rhapsody in Blue performance was the only part worth watching. Congrats to Herbie Handcock on being the first jazz musician since 1964 to win Album of the Year. Here's an interesting quote from a CNN article:

"In fact, in the history of the Grammys, only one pure jazz album -- Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto's 1964 "Getz/Gilberto" -- has won the big prize, one less than the number of comedy albums that has done so."

Re: Phish Friday | Lights, Camera, Reba

Paul Barry — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:24:37 -0000

I totally agree with you, this show, this Reba in fact, almost 10 years later, stands out as one of the most vidid concert experiences for me as well. Thanks so much for posting the video.

Re: A critical look at the current state of Ruby testing

Paul Barry — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 11:04:00 -0000

Great article. I’m questioning the validity of one assertion per test now. But one thing I do like about contexts is nested context. That allows me to define some things that need to be setup for a set of tests, and then more things for the tests in the inner contexts. Maybe the same kind of thing can be achieved with protected helper methods.

From RSpec specifically, I would also miss pending specs, does test/unit have that?

Re: “Must have 8+ years of Java”

Paul Barry — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:29:02 -0000

Yeah, you see things similar to that, looking for 5 years Rails experience. Any time I see a job posting looking for X years a specific technology, where X > 1 year, I know that's not a company I would want to work for.

Re: Thoughts on Training

Paul Barry — Fri, 08 May 2009 20:43:46 -0000

Location isn't good for me, would consider attending if you have a class in the VA/DC/MD area. Price is pretty high too though.

Re: Tomorrow Night

Paul Barry — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:34:42 -0000

Looking forward to it. See you there!